What Money Can't Buy

Have you ever wondered if there are things money shouldn't be able to buy? This summary explores the hidden costs of a world where everything is for sale, from skipping lines to buying the right to pollute, and asks what we lose when we let market values dominate our lives. You'll discover how turning every aspect of life into a transaction can corrupt good things like civic duty and community. Learn the powerful arguments for why we need to have a public conversation about the moral limits of markets before we sell the very things that make us human.

Michael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where his legendary "Justice" course is one of the most popular in Harvard's history. For decades, he has challenged students and readers alike to confront the big ethical questions of our time. This lifelong exploration of justice and morality, from the classroom to the global stage, provides the foundation for his penetrating look into what money can, and cannot, buy.